Job Title: MEL Manager II
Organization: Village
Enterprise
Enterprise
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
About US:
Village Enterprise
is an International non-governmental organization whose mission is to equip
people living in extreme poverty with the resources to create sustainable
businesses. Village Enterprise has made a strategic decision to direct its
poverty alleviation efforts on people living in extreme poverty in rural, sub-Saharan
Africa. Village Enterprise targets the poor, provides business training, seed
capital/startup funds and on-going mentoring to over 10,000 new entrepreneurs
to start 3,000 enterprises each years. Since its inception in 1987, Village
Enterprise has started over 33,000 micro enterprises.
is an International non-governmental organization whose mission is to equip
people living in extreme poverty with the resources to create sustainable
businesses. Village Enterprise has made a strategic decision to direct its
poverty alleviation efforts on people living in extreme poverty in rural, sub-Saharan
Africa. Village Enterprise targets the poor, provides business training, seed
capital/startup funds and on-going mentoring to over 10,000 new entrepreneurs
to start 3,000 enterprises each years. Since its inception in 1987, Village
Enterprise has started over 33,000 micro enterprises.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
MEL Lead for
Replication Programming (40%)
Replication Programming (40%)
- Build and maintain relationships with Extend and partner staff
- Lead design of monitoring, evaluation, and research frameworks for
replication partnerships - Oversee implementation of monitoring, evaluation, and research
frameworks for replication partnerships - Identify tools, resources, and best practices to help improve MEL
programming - Support refinement and development of data collection instruments,
including survey development in TaroWorks or on other platforms as
appropriate for partnership - Work to increase effectiveness and quality of partner data
collection policies and processes - Design and implement systems for data management
- Data quality review, data cleaning, analysis, and reporting
- Contribute to ongoing MEL-related professional development for
Village and partner staff - Create or maintain high quality MEL training materials (Manuals,
PowerPoint presentations, practice TaroWorks forms, etc)
MEL Lead for
Innovations Programming (40%)
Innovations Programming (40%)
- Build and maintain relationships with Innovations staff; coordinate
closely with the Innovations team, ensuring smooth integration of
iteration testing and impact measurement across MEL and Innovations workflows - Supervise and support Innovations staff as appropriate for
iterations testing and impact measurement - Support lean testing efforts of Innovations Team
- Design and lead iteration testing and/or impact measurement in
relation to initiatives developed by the Innovations team as appropriate
for the purposes of making evaluative conclusions regarding the value of
adopting and/or scaling initiatives - Manage the implementation of monitoring, evaluation, and research
frameworks for Innovations projects making it to the Implementation Stage - Support refinement and development of data collection instruments,
including survey development in TaroWorks or on other platforms as
appropriate - Record ‘methods of exploration’ and ‘results’ for integration into
Innovations team documentation of larger workflows - Work to increase effectiveness and quality of data collection
policies and processes - Identify tools, resources, and best practices to help improve lean
learning - Contribute to ongoing MEL-related professional development for
Innovations staff - Create or maintain high quality MEL training materials (Manuals,
PowerPoint presentations, practice TaroWorks forms, etc.) - Facilitate staff trainings and provide support for adoption of lean
learning methods - Data quality review, data cleaning, analysis, and reporting
- Database management and information management
- Cross-functional collaboration with at all levels of the
organization
MEL Support for
General Programming (15%)
General Programming (15%)
- Support planning and implementation for Core and Partnerships MEL
programming as needed - Contribute to ongoing MEL-related professional development for MEL
staff - Support Database management and information management for Core and
Partnerships - MEL programming as needed
- Additional MEL-related work as assigned by MEL Director
Operations Role
(5%)
(5%)
- Provide management oversight and leadership, as requested by, and in
collaboration with, the East Africa Field Management Team - Participate in and contribute to mid-management meetings when
applicable - Support general operations as needed
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a
degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Economics, Statistics or a
related field; Preference will be given to candidates with a relevant
Master’s degree (completed or enrolled) - Possess the technical knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in
the role - Strong quantitative skills and experience with data analysis; good
command of STATA - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint
- Proficiency with Google Documents, Gmail, and Android applications
- Understand the elements of data quality: consistent, complete,
accurate, timely, verifiable, valid - Proven ability to design monitoring and evaluation plans, including developing
theories of change and logical frameworks - Ability to develop SMART indicators
- Literacy with the basic methods for data collection: surveys,
interviews, performance tests, site visits/observation, focus group
discussions, participatory methods, pre-existing data - Experience designing and implementing surveys
- Experience conducting data quality reviews and with cleaning data
- Understand principles of Human Centered Design
- Possess Training and Communication Skills
- Demonstrate ability to communicate key concepts to multitude of stakeholders
across the organization - Ability to orally communicate issues, problems, and key information
- Ability to write clear, concise memos highlighting issues, problems,
and key information - Experience working as part of a diverse team with the ability to
work via email, phone, Skype, and other virtual communications - Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks
efficiently, and a team player - Must be a very strong critical thinker able to identify potential
solutions to challenges in new environments - Experience with Salesforce and/or TaroWorks is a plus
How to Apply:
Please send your
resume and motivation letter as single file attachment, specifying how your
experience and qualifications are well suited for this role to Celeste Brubaker
([email protected])
resume and motivation letter as single file attachment, specifying how your
experience and qualifications are well suited for this role to Celeste Brubaker
([email protected])
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